Chassis for Road Racing

[R26Roman]

Now i have always been intersted in road racing but till now i have consider doing it with a muscle car. Can i get honest opinions about which chassis and suspenion would be good? a 1969 mustang fastback or 1969 camaro? now im not trying to start a ford vs chevy war please just experinces if possible. from my research the 69' camaro can have a C5 suspenion which is a big advangte (i think...though at a big cost) but what would the mustang have to compare to that? Is the suspenion itself good enough to compete with the c5 suspenion?


thank you very much

[70rs]

I think you should look up Speed Tech, DSE or any of the suspension vendors on this forum. They can give you all of the options and pros and cons for alot of different set ups. There is a number of options for Ford and GM cars all the wat to complete replacement chassis for full frame cars from GM. It is entirely possible to set up old muscle cars to be competitive with just about anything else out there.
I think it's just a matter of what you want.

God luck!

[tones2SS]

Just want Eric said.
Give some of the vendors here a call. Frank @ Prodigy Customs and Detroit Speed as well. Be prepared to spend some money though!!
Good luck!!

[ProdigyCustoms]

I believe the Camaro is a better base and has tricker stuff for the ultimate road racer. The shock tower design of the Mustangs limit them, and while you can get one pretty good, I believe the Camro can be better and much easier.

[Stielow]

Go GM!! the engines are better....... IMO

I have owned about as many Mustangs as Camaros and I felt the Camaros were easier to work on.

Mark

[71RS/SS396]

Originally Posted by R26Roman

Now i have always been intersted in road racing but till now i have consider doing it with a muscle car. Can i get honest opinions about which chassis and suspenion would be good? a 1969 mustang fastback or 1969 camaro? now im not trying to start a ford vs chevy war please just experinces if possible. from my research the 69' camaro can have a C5 suspenion which is a big advangte (i think...though at a big cost) but what would the mustang have to compare to that? Is the suspenion itself good enough to compete with the c5 suspenion?


thank you very much

I can say from experience the Detroit Speed quadra link and front sub really works well,it rides better than the stock stuff and the car handles like it's on rails. They know what they are doing design wise and real world test their stuff. The problem with any C-5 based set-up is there is always a compromise with it because you are using geometery designed for a different car ,imoa

[wiedemab]

Originally Posted by 71RS/SS396

I can say from experience the Detroit Speed quadra link and front sub really works well,it rides better than the stock stuff and the car handles like it's on rails. They know what they are doing design wise and real world test their stuff. The problem with any C-5 based set-up is there is always a compromise with it because you are using geometery designed for a different car ,imoa

There are always compromises in suspension design, but the big name players in Camaro subframes (DSE, AME) haven't just used C5/6 geometry, but started with the C5/6 upright and designed around it.

[ironworks]

I think it really depends on what your definition of Road Racing is. Are we talking a One Lap Camaro / Bad Penny "style road race car" or a Big Red , American Iron race car. Just cuz somebody does track days and time trials does not make it a race car.

So to answer your question I think it would be a Mustang. The Road Race suspension market is way bigger for the mustang, not the track day steet car suspension market which is much bigger for the Camaro. (Chassisworks, JME, ETC vs DSE, Art Morrison, Speedtech, Etc)

Real race cars suck to drive on the street, Ernesto Roco's American Iron car was here last Wednesday and the turbo sits in the back seat and the Interior gets well above 140 degrees inside. That is a race car......